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September 26, 2005
Carol Sarler.
Carol Sarler’s Thunderer piece is interesting but, I fear, slightly flawed. Essentially, instead of taking a sickie, we should do what many Americans do and take a "personal day". Fine as it stands.
However, most Americans get 10 days paid holiday a year. Most Europeans 20-30 (this is leaving out Bank Holidays and the like). So instead of the personal day, why not just say, "Boss, I’m on holiday on Monday, in Tuesday"?
Fair all round?
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I stopped reading Sarler's stuff when she called all shooters "perverted" in the Daily Express.
She's also a bit too free with her love, hugs and kisses as was revealed in an email she sent me.
Posted by: JohnJo | Sep 26, 2005 11:39:10 AM
Carol Sarler says "The under-10s ranked wealth higher than being famous, football and pop music. They rated it as more important even than families..."
http://www.childrennow.co.uk/news/index.cfm?fuseaction=details&UID=768fb57c-479c-41ed-a72b-982f4d4cf304
Then she writes in the Daily Mail "it is also true that single parents can feel isolated from the social whirl …In our case, for instance, a family next door allowed me to plop mine in with theirs at a moment’s notice; a kindness that I guiltily admit to abusing…"
Then I read the case of the three-year-old toddler who was raped recently whose single mum said
"My little girl's been through hell"
Then I read of the six year old girl who was abducted from her bath at home, the report said
"The girl and her 18-month-old brother lived with their mother and her woman partner, who met through an internet chatroom."
Each case and many others like this show how women, when single with children, are prey to sex attackers, carol was lucky that the family she dumped her kids on so regularly happened to be descent and have the added protection of a father in the house, but on the whole this is not a safe, healthy or reasonable option and should be avoided. Carol is irresponsible in my opinion in suggesting this as a safe society advantaged alternative to mothering fulltime. People like her place too much of a burden on women like me who have a children and a husband. Being single means you have less marital disputes, but weighed up against the dangers involved in palming you’re kids off on someone with a safer set up is cheeky in my opinion. You’re neighbours obviously can’t see the wood for the trees, or at least the wife did not value her husband as she should have, probably a lot like you dear! I am sure you’re kids are learning a lot from you Carol like how to milk your girlfriend efforts in creating a safe set up for her family. You’re failure creates more burdens on those who have tried harder at solving marital disputes; so glad you can admit this now and so glad I am not your neighbour.
Posted by: cal | Jan 5, 2006 11:20:24 AM
